Just for an instant, as the ball kissed the palm of his catcher’s mitt, it seemed that something would at last work out for Gary Sánchez. He would squeeze the foul pop-up and end the fifth inning. He had whiffed to end the top of the frame, just another strikeout in a season strewn with them, but maybe his next time up, he would smash a ball into the stands. Maybe this would be the end of what he last week had called a “bad moment,” one in which he found himself the seventh-worst hitter in baseball as his Yankees struggled to stay above .
Gary Sánchez's Bewildering Struggles Continue As Yankees Battle to Stay Above .500
